UTV Global Broadcasting, the broadcast arm of the UTV group, has bagged three golds at the Promax BDA awards....
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9X stays at no.3, despite Indian Premier League
Mumbai: For the fifth week running, 9X has consolidated its position at number three and has significantly grown despite the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) series. Per TAM data for Week 21/2008, 9X has...
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Looking for Palladin to screen at Israel’s Ashkelon Film Festival
Mumbai: The Pine Hill production Looking for Palladin, seen last week at the Cannes, will be presented at Israel’s 7th Cinema South Film Festival in Ashkelon on 2 June. Looking for Palladin was the...
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Prince of the Himalayas selected for Wine Country Festival
Mumbai: The Hus Entertainment/Shanghai Film Studios production Prince of the Himalayas, directed by Sherwood Hu, has been selected for the 22nd Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival which will be held in California’s wine...
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Music of Love Story 2050 released on Big Music
Mumbai: Adlabs and Baweja Movies have launched the music of Love Story 2050 in Mumbai. The event also introduced debutant Harman Baweja to the media for the first time. The music event was attended...
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Bachchans, T-Series release Sarkar Raj’s background score
Mumbai: The cast and crew of Sarkar Raj came together to release the background score of the film. The background music has been rendered by Amar Mohile. T-Series managing director Bhushan Kumar said, "Ramu...
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Adlabs records 42 per cent growth in revenues
Adlabs Films' cinema division recorded revenues of Rs 127 crores, which have grown by 86 per cent on an annualized basis....
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Mauj Mobile unveils mobile content of Sarkar Raj
Mumbai: Mauj Mobile, People Group’s MVAS division, has unveiled its mobile content for Sarkar Raj – the sequel to Sarkar by Ram Gopal Varma. Present at the occasion were People Infocom (Mauj Mobile) CEO...
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Aashayein music launched with a live concert
Mumbai: Percept Picture Company and T-Series unveiled the music of their upcoming co production by hosting a live concert on Wednesday evening. The music of the film is rendered by duo Salim and Suleman...
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Reliance Big Ent. acquires Karzzzz rights from T-Series
Reliance Big Entertainment has tied up with T-Series for the release of Karzzzz starring Himesh Reshammiya....
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Sanjay Gupta to produce film based on Vine of Desire
Sanjay Gupta is all set to make a film based on Vine of Desire, a book by Chitra Divakurni Banerjee....
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Singh is Kinng song shot in Egypt
Mumbai: Katrina Kaif has returned from Egypt after shooting a song with co-star Akshay Kumar for the film Singh Is Kinng. The movie will release on 8 August. Talking about the song Jee Karda...
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NDTV Lumière commences its World Cinema Movement
Mumbai: NDTV Lumière unveiled its first offering The Orphanage on May 29. This critically acclaimed Spanish film, produced by Guillermo Del Toro has won over 28 international Awards. The beautifully crafted, frightening ghost story...
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Radio City 91.1 FM completes all 20 station launches
Mumbai: Radio City 91.1FM has spread out its vibrant 20-city India network. In the Phase II expansion of FM radio, Radio City 91.1FM had won licenses to operate in 20 cities. The FM brand...
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My FM Bhopal celebrates first anniversary
Mumbai: My FM 94.3 Dil Se is to celebrate its first year in Bhopal with a cake cutting ceremony with listeners at the station. Couples celebrating their first anniversary or their child’s first Birthday...
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Via Darjeeling to release on 20 June
Mumbai: Via Darjeeling, directed by Arindam Nandy with Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak and Parvin Dabas in the main lead, is scheduled to release in India on 20 June. It is a...
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Rentrak reports 59% annual increase in Video On Demand
Mumbai: Rentrak Corporation announced that Video on Demand (VOD) viewing increased by 59% compared to the same timeframe last year. The data gathered from Rentrak’s subscribing multiple system operators (MSOs) showed consumers increased their...
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Malaika Arora Khan to appear on Let’s Talk
Mumbai: Viewers can catch Malaika Arora Khan on celebrity chat show Let’s Talk with Tarana Raja Kapoor on 30 May on Zoom. Apart from an interesting peek into her professional and personal life, Khan...
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Excel launches My Baby Can Talk DVDs in 7 languages
Mumbai: Excel Home Videos is launching DVDs titled My Baby Can Talk to help infants communicate. It is being released in seven languages including Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Telugu, apart from English. My...
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Bulldog Entertainment launches Paanchvi Pass merchandise
Mumbai: Star India and Bulldog Entertainment announced the launch of a full-fledged merchandise program that brings alive the experience of Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? The unique portfolio of products comprises a variety...
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Hollywood director and actor Sydney Pollack dies at 73
Hollywood director and actor Sydney Pollack died on 26 May (Monday). Pollack (73) was suffering from cancer....
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Abbas Mastan direct first shot of Painter’s Paying Guest
Mumbai: The first shot of Mukta Arts’ new project Paying Guest was directed by ace duo Abbas Mustan with Shreyas Talpade, Johnny Lever and Chunky Pandey on 24 May at Whistling Woods International. The...
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Sahara One Motion Pictures’ Kaccha Limboo nears completion
Mumbai: Sagar Bellary, the director who arrived with satirical comedy Bheja Fry, is now ready with his latest film Kaccha Limboo, which is being produced by Sahara One Motion Pictures. Kaccha Limboo is almost at...
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Mukta Arts’ Marathi film Kaande Pohe renamed
Mumbai: The name of Mukta Arts’ second Marathi film Kaande Pohe has been changed to Sanai Choughade. The change took place due to some internal issues that the producers were facing. The film is slated...
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Indiagames acquires gaming rights of Paanchvi Pass
Indiagames inks partnership with Bulldog Media & Entertainment and Star TV to exclusively develop games for the show....
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Cinemax ventures into distribution with Kismat Konnection
Cinemax to set up distribution offices in Bombay, Mysore, Delhi and Punjab over the next six months....
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U-TO Solution’s BroadView to help Viacom18
Mumbai: U-TO Solutions, the India Exclusive Agent of BroadView, has been appointed by Viacom18 to manage its program and traffic schedule through BroadView software. Aimed at aligning technology to Viacom18’s business needs, BroadView replaces...
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Shooting for OMTE’s Dasvidaniya is complete
Mumbai: The shooting of One More Thought Entertainment’s feature film Dasvidaniya starring Vinay Pathak, Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dhupia is complete. The movie has been made in association with Lemontea Productions. Dasvidaniya has been shot in...
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Bachchans’ The Unforgettable Tour is set to kick off
Mumbai: Preparations are in full swing for The Unforgettable Tour that will bring together the Bachchans – Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – on one stage for their global fans. The Unforgettable...
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Shemaroo launches alternative home video viewing content
Shemaroo Entertainment has launched VCDs and DVDs on literature, music, sports, spiritual, self motivation, children, fitness, hobbies, travel etc....
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Wendy Noss to lead Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association
Mumbai: The Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association (CMPDA), an affiliate of the Motion Picture Association of America, (MPAA), announced that Wendy Noss has been named Executive Director. Noss, who previously served as General Counsel...
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Hollywood studios win judgments against pirate sites
Mumbai: The major Hollywood studios have been awarded multi-million dollar judgments against the illegal linking websites Showstash.com and Cinematube.net. A federal judge in Los Angeles issued a $2.7 million judgment against Showstash for the...
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Big FM appoints Sunita Uchil as national sales director
Mumbai: Big 92.7 FM has appointed Sunita Uchil as National Sales Director, Big 92.7 FM. With over 14 years of experience in media-sales, Uchil will be spearheading her new role in Big 92.7 FM...
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PVR to screen NDTV Lumière’s The Orphanage
Mumbai: NDTV Lumière, the initiative to bring contemporary world cinema to India, has released the critically acclaimed Spanish thriller The Orphanage. Starting 30 May, the film will be screened every evening at PVR Cinemas...
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Bollywood producer Jhamu Sugandh passes away
Mumbai: Hindi film producer and financier Jhamu Sugandh passed away on Monday, 26 May of a cardiac arrest. Sugandh produced films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which starred Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai and...
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Compact Disc inks deal with Singapore’s Golden Games
Mumbai: Compact Disc India has entered into an agreement with Golden Games, Singapore to transfer IP rights of an animated character. Golden Games will make a total payment of $ 1.65 million towards the...
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Universal Studios buys dist. rights of Toonz Animation film
Universal Studios has acquired the distribution rights of Toonz Animation feature film Mostly Ghostly....
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UTV launches digital media arm; to invest Rs 1.2 billion
UTV New Media will invest Rs 1.2 billion over the next two years in mobile, online and Internet Protocol Television services....
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Film Review: Don Mutthuswamy
Film: Don Mutthuswamy Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Rohit Roy, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Mohit Raina Rating: 2/5 A whacko ex-Don caught in a web of trickery and confusion uses his smart-alecky brains to not only gain his...
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Film Review: Dhoom Dhadaka
Film: Dhoom Dhadaka Cast: Shaad Randhawa, Samir Dattani, Aarti Chhabria and Shama Sikander Director: Shashi Ranjan Rating: 1/5 Bolly land has been in a comic mood for a long long time now. The overdose...
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Andpersand travels Turkey with cast of Mission Istaanbul
Mumbai: In its upcoming issue, The Wander Years, themed on travel, Andpersand ‘&’ Magazine, the flagship publication of the Maxposure Media Group, explores wanderlust as unconventionally as possible. As Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Niketan...
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T-Series acquires music rights of Ghai’s Yuvvraaj
T-Series has acquired the music rights of Subhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj, which has music by AR Rehman. Film to release in Diwali....
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Cartoon Network stars get mobile with Kajeet
Mumbai: Kajeet (www.kajeet.com), the cell phone service made for kids, and Turner Broadcasting System’s Cartoon Network have announced a deal to bring mobile content from Cartoon Network to Kajeet handsets. The deal brings some...
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Tulsi Kumar launches own music album
Mumbai: Tulsi Kumar, daughter of the late Gulshan Kumar, is now coming out with her maiden solo album. Kumar has lent her voice to films like Kajraare and Karzzzz. The music recording of the album...
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Inox launches second multiplex in Nagpur
Mumbai: After revolutionizing the way Nagpur watches movies with its first multiplex at Wardhaman Nagar, Inox Leisure will take the Inox experience further with the launch of its second multiplex in the city at...
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NDTV and NBC conclude networks partnership
Mumbai: NDTV group and NBC Universal have successfully concluded their strategic partnership initiative for the NDTV Networks business. By a subscription of shares for $150 million, NBC Universal now has an effective indirect stake...
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Indiana Jones grosses $125 mn; frenzy results in piracy
Indiana Jones collects $ 125 million. With shortage of tickets, a clear print of the film is up for free viewing on multiple websites....
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Cannes Film Festival awards list
CANNES: The official Jury of this 61st Fesival de Cannes, présided over by Sean Penn, revealed the Prize winners during the closing ceremony. Édouard Baer hosted Robert de Niro on the stage of the...
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Cannes jury explains award selections
CANNES: For the fifth time in the history of the Festival de Cannes, the Jury explained their award selections. At the press conference, President Sean Penn and jurors Jeanne Balibar, Alexandra Maria Lara, Natalie...
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Cannes Palme d’Or goes to The Class by Cantet
CANNES: Robert De Niro had the honors of bestowing the 61st Festival de Cannes Palme d’Or Award on The Class by Laurent Cantet. This is the first time a French film has won the...
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Collaborative filmmaking site Rootclip launches
Mumbai: Amateur and independent filmmakers, writers, actors, and film buffs from around the nation can develop short films together, thanks to a new interactive online destination. Rootclip, located at http://www.rootclip.com, encourages site visitors to...
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MPA launches Operation Takedown to fight piracy
Mumbai: The Motion Picture Association (MPA) launched Operation Takedown, an aggressive enforcement and outreach initiative scheduled to run through until 31 July in 13 countries and territories across the Asia-Pacific region. This year’s summer...
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Manipal University, Whistling Woods to offer MBA in M&E
Manipal Education & Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods International to introduce a two year MBA degree in M&E....
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Mumbai police, UFO Moviez crack down piracy racket
A major film piracy racket has been cracked by the Mumbai police and has arrested four people in Gujarat....
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Eros International to release Sarkar Raj on 6 June
MUMBAI: Eros International showcased the first look of much anticipated Sarkar Raj at Cannes Film Festival this year. Eros holds the overseas distribution rights of this sequel to Sarkar and will be releasing it...
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UTV’s new media company acquires IMPL
MUMBAI: UTV Software Communications’ wholly owned subsidiary United New Media Ventures has completed the acquisition of IMPL. United New Media Ventures is focussed on the internet, new media and digital activities. IMPL has technology...
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Sahara One appoints Sanjay Chitale as COO
MUMBAI: Sahara One Media & Entertainment has appointed Sanjay Chitale as the chief operating officer (COO). The new appointment has been approved by the company’s board of directors in their meeting held on 29...
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Filmcity Media to raise $ 10 million via GDRs & FCCBs
MUMBAI: Entertainment company Filmcity Media is planning to raise maximum of $10 million by way of global depository receipts (GDRs) or foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs). The company’s board has also approved to issue...
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Madonna launches Malawi documentary at Cannes
Pop icon Madonna launched her Malawi documentary on AIDS awareness called at Cannes; keen to bring it to India too....
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AOL launches video portal sites in India, Canada & Taiwan
Mumbai: AOL has announced the next steps in its global expansion effort with the international launch of AOL Video, http://video.aol.com. The new offerings will let consumers find and watch millions of videos in Canada,...
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IIFA in Bangkok set to scorch
Mumbai: The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) is preparing for the biggest Weekend with Indian Cinema’s finest from 6 -8 June at Bangkok. IIFA announced the list of performers and events for the award...
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Adlabs Cinemas enters Hyderabad
Mumbai: Adlabs Cinemas, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has forayed into Hyderabad with a three-screen 1045-seat multiplex spread over 45,000 square feet within GS 24 Carat Mall in Ameerpet. Adlabs COO Tushar...
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Viacom’s Philippe Dauman to give keynote at Mipcom 2008
Mumbai: Viacom Philippe president and chief executive officer Dauman is to give a keynote at the upcoming Mipcom, which takes place in Cannes from 13 to 17 October. Philippe Dauman will focus on the creative...
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Disney announces new comedy series Welcome To Mollywood
Mumbai: Disney Channel has ordered the live-action comedy series Welcome to Mollywood with rising young star and recording artist Demi Lovato in the lead role, it was announced by Disney Channels Worldwide Entertainment president...
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Production underway for Disney’s Hannah Montana: The Movie
Mumbai: Production is underway for Walt Disney Pictures’ Hannah Montana: The Movie, starring actress-singer Miley Cyrus in her first full-length feature film. Filming in and around Nashville, Tenn., and Los Angeles, Hannah Montana: The...
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Narnia: Prince Caspian collects Rs 824 million in India
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian grossed Rs 824 million ($ 1,963,332) in India in its opening weekend....
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HBO to premiere Perfect Stranger
MUMBAI: HBO will be premiering Perfect Stranger starring Bruce Willis, Halle Berry, Giovanni Ribisi and Gary Dourdan. The suspense – thriller will be aired on 24 May at 9 pm. When investigative reporter Rowena...
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Sony Pictures to release The Condemned on home video
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures will be releasing The Condemned on home video in India. The movie is set to release pan India in English and Hindi on DVDs and VCDs. The DVDs and VCDs will...
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Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park plans $73 million Asia fund
Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment is planning to set up a multi-million dollar fund in Asia for movies....
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Moser Baer posts net loss of Rs 789 million
MUMBAI: Moser Baer India Ltd has posted a net loss of Rs 789.09 million for the year ended 31 March, 2008 as compared to net profit of Rs 1097.87 million for the year ended...
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POGO to premiere Hrithik Roshan starrer Krrish
Mumbai: POGO will be premiering Bollywood super hit film Krrish – a sequel to Koi Mil Gaya. The movie stars Hrithik Roshan, Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah and Priyanka Chopra. The movie will be aired on...
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Dotasia & Ifact-Gc to promote online protection against movie piracy
Mumbai: The DotAsia Organisation (DotAsia) and the International Federation Against Copyright Theft – Greater China (IFACT-GC) representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Hong Kong, are proud to announce the signing of a Memorandum...
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Worldwide recognition for Asian pay-TV
Mumbai: Increasing numbers of US and European investors and pay-TV operators are recognizing the enormous potential of the Asian opportunity, looking for new ways to take a larger slice of the market. This trend...
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Tata Elxsi expands operations; to open two new centers
Tata Elxsi is setting up new development centers in Coimbatore & Hyderabad; while expanding facility in Thiruvananthapuram....
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World Cinema, Ingmar Bergman Foundations work for restoration
Mumbai: Newly restored and never seen before footage of Ingmar Bergman at work, shooting on the set of Sawdust And Tinsel (1953), was screened yesterday in front of the Cannes Classics presentation of the...
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Adlabs rolls India’s 1st multi-sensory 6D cinema at Agra
Adlabs Cinemas launched India’s first 6D cinema experience at Agra, which is just minutes away from The Taj Mahal....
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NGC Network to launch four new Nat Geo channels in India
Mumbai: NGC Network announced its plans of extending its brand presence In India by introducing four new Nat Geo channels into the country. The channels, namely Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Adventure, Nat Geo...
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Greenberg named president of New Premium Entertainment
Mumbai: Mark Greenberg, a cable industry veteran with extensive management experience in pay television, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the new premium entertainment joint venture formed by Viacom Inc., its...
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Reliance’s BigFlix launches maiden media campaign
Mumbai: BigFlix, a part of the Reliance ADA group, announced its multi layered mass media campaign titled Ab Aam Zindagi Ban Jaye Filmy for its movie rental business targeted at the domestic Indian market....
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AIR bags first prize at Iran International Radio Festival
All India Radio’s programme Janiba Ame Kama Kariba bagged the first prize at 9th International Radio Festival of Iran. ...
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Blue Frog club launches three new music production wings
Blue Frog night club has three new wings -Blue Frog Production; Blue Frog Soundlabs and Blue Frog Records....
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Sony Pictures Releasing launches digital theaters
Mumbai: Sony Pictures Releasing has launched its state-of-the-art digital theaters in the US and Canada through its new business unit called The Hot Ticket. The Hot Ticket will hold America’s top entertainment and cultural...
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Mahindra Media ties up with Biascope for scriptwriting talent
Mahindra & Mahindra has collaborated with Biascope Entertainment to set up a script lab structure. ...
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Nimbus ventures into home video sale & rental
Nimbus Communications has forayed into the home video entertainment business with the launch of Showtime....
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NDTV Good Times launches new show Cracking The Code
Mumbai: NDTV Good Times brings for its male viewers a brand new show titled Cracking The Code hosted by actor Sameer Soni. Sponsored by Reid & Taylor, Cracking The Code will answer every man’s...
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NDTV Imagine presents Kudiyon ka hai Zamana
Mumbai: This Friday, take a trip down memory lane and relive some of the most scintillating and enchanting moments of Hindi cinema as NDTV Imagine presents Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamana. This one and a...
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Real Estate TV gets new CEO and News Head
Mumbai: Prem Kumar Menon has taken over as the new CEO of Real Estate TV, while Anil Nair has taken over as news head. Real Estate TV is India’s first 24×7 channel dedicated to...
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Balaji forays into reality TV with Bollywod show on 9X
Mumbai: Balaji Telefilms is producing its first reality show Kaun Jeetega Bollywood Ka Ticket (KJBKT), to be aired on Hindi GEC 9X. KJBKT is a country-wide talent hunt where the winning couple will get an...
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Kodak offers 10 contest winners a date with Katrina Kaif
Mumbai: Kodak has launched a new consumer campaign for its customers across India. The campaign is designed to provide the customer with a chance to win an assured gift on the purchase of any...
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NDTV Lumiere buys rights to 7 world cinema films
NDTV Lumiere has bought the India rights of 7 films that are part of the 22 being screened at the Cannes Film Festival....
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Susan named SVP at Walt Disney Company
Mumbai: Susan O’ Day has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for The Walt Disney Company, it was announced byThe Walt Disney Company senior executive vice president and chief financial officer...
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High Point Films gathers up Splintered film
Mumbai: High Point Films, the theatrical sales arm of Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Media Group, has announced that it has picked up world rights (excluding the UK) for British horror flick Splintered by debut...
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Jonah Hill to produce 21 Jump Street adaptation
Mumbai: Jonah Hill is in negotiations to develop a contemporary adaptation of 21 Jump Street, the popular television series that starred Johnny Depp and several other young stars, announced Columbia Pictures presidents Doug Belgrad...
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Sony Pictures Television International promotes Weissenborn
Mumbai: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Jamie Weissenborn to senior vice president, digital media, and global advertising sales, for SPTI’s international networks group. The announcement was made by Andy Kaplan, SPTI’s president,...
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Columbia Pictures acquires rights to Goosebumps
Mumbai: Columbia Pictures has acquired from Scholastic Media the right to adapt Scholastic’s bestselling Goosebumps book series into a theatrical feature. Deborah Forte and Neal H. Moritz will produce the film; it was announced...
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Universal Music Group signs deal with Neil Finn
Mumbai: Universal Music Publishing Group president of Europe & UK Paul Connolly announced the signing of Neil Finn to an exclusive, long-term, publishing administration deal for the World (excluding North America, Australia/New Zealand). Finn...
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Inox Leisure starts operations in Vijayawada
Mumbai: Multiplex chain Inox Leisure has started its operations at Vijayawada’s Gandhi Nagar. Inox is the first national multiplex chain to open in Vijayawada, and will house three screens and 1087 seats. Inox has...
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Weinstein Company, Star ink Pay-TV output deal
CANNES: The Weinstein Company announced at the Cannes Film Festival that it signed an exclusive five year Pan Asia pay-TV output deal with Star. Audiences in Asia will be able to view a wide...
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Eros International and Lionsgate ink joint venture deal
Eros International and independent filmed entertainment studio Lionsgate have agreed on a deal to form a joint venture....
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Manoel De Oliveira receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Cannes
CANNES: Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, received a lively acclaim from Gilles Jacob, who awarded him the Palme d’Or for his lifetime career achievement in film. The Grand...
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